Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Herefordshire Council

This is a disclosure log of Herefordshire Council's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Self-build and custom housebuilding (England)

    In this context, can you please provide the following data in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

    1. The total number of individuals and associations of individuals on your local authority’s statutory Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Register, as defined under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), as at 30 October 2023. Where your local authority has divided the register into two parts, please provide the total number for both parts of the register.

    1. The total number of planning permissions (including permissions in principle) your local authority has granted for self-build and custom housebuilding under Section 2A(2) of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), between 31 October 2022 and 30 October 2023. Please provide number of permissions and total number of dwellings.

    1. Where your local authority is a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging authority, the number of self-build housing exemption claim applications (CIL Form 7 part 1: Self Build Exemption claim) the authority has received between 31 October 2022 and 30 October 2023. Please provide number of applications and total number of dwellings subject to claim applications.

    1. The total number of dwellings for self-build and custom housebuilding, as defined under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), expected to be delivered as a result of site allocations or policies seeking a percentage of such forms of housebuilding on housing sites in an adopted development plan for the local authority area (please provide development plan period). Where your local authority covers more than one area for purposes of planning, please provide data for each area.

    Published: 12 February 2025

  2. Tuck Mill Lane (USRN 23213545) Site History report

    Could you please provide the following information in relation to Tuck Mill Lane (USRN 23213545)

    1) the total number of claims received in Calendar Year 2024 for damage to a motor vehicle as a result of road defects.

    2) the total number of claims accepted and paid in Calendar Year 2024 for damage to a motor vehicle as a result of road defects.

    3) the total value paid by Hereford Council for the claims associated with point 2 above.

    Published: 11 February 2025

  3. Digital Transformation / ICT Suppliers

    1 The contact information of the individual(s) designated as Digital Transformation Officer(s) or equivalent position responsible for overseeing digital transformation initiatives within the council.

    2 The name of current software providers currently being utilized as part of your digital transformation strategy.

    • Hybrid mail

    Supplier name:

    • SMS

    Supplier name:

    • Email

    Supplier name:

    • Portal

    Supplier name: None

    • Inbound scanner

    Supplier name:

    3. Who is the software supplier of your Revenue and Benefits application?

    How long have they been the supplier, and when does the contract expire?

    4. Who is responsible for the Digital Transformation in Revenue and Benefits?

    Name:

    Email:

    Phone number:

    5. Do you have a web portal for your Revenue and Benefits business area that allows citizens to access their council tax bills and benefits letters?

    Yes/No

    How much did you spend on this portal?

    Capital Cost:

    On-Going costs:

    Is there an additional transactional cost for each document you publish (rather than post) via your Council Tax Portal? No

    If yes;

    What is it:

    How much:

    How many council tax bills do you send out per year?

    What percentage of these are delivered digitally through your council tax portal (rather than being posted)

    6. How many council tax bills and associated documents do you create and send out per year in total?

    How many of these are published via your web portal?

    How many of these are emailed?

    How many of these are posted?

    7. How many council Benefit Letters and associated documents do you send out per year?

    How many of these are published via your web portal?

    How many of these are emailed?

    How many of these are posted?

    Published: 11 February 2025

  4. Children Incorrectly Identified by the Home Office as Adults

    I would be grateful if you could please provide the following information: In the calendar year of 2024 (January to December), how many individuals claiming to be children (aged under 18) were referred to your children’s services department having previously been assessed to be an adult by the Home Office and placed in adult asylum accommodation or detention? Of those referred, how many were subsequently accepted as, or assessed to be, under 18 by your children’s services department?

    Published: 10 February 2025

  5. Elderly care placements and spending for 2024/25 and 2025/26 (projected)

    AMENDED REQUEST:

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding placements and spending for older person’s care home services. Please provide answers on the attached accompanying Excel spreadsheet.

    Please report all fees without Funded Nursing Contribution (FNC).

    1. Who within the Local Authority, has the commissioning responsibility for care home placements for older people (aged 65+)? Please provide their:

    a. Name

    b. Job title

    c. Telephone number

    d. Email address

    2. Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services for financial year 2023/24 (actual) and financial year 2024/25 (projected):

    For question 2a, please provide total spend on personal social services for people aged 65+. This will include spend on residential, nursing, and domiciliary care (2b, 2c, and 2d) as well as other social care for older people such as day services, etc

    a. Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services

    b. Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)

    c. Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)

    d. Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)

    3. Please provide figures for the total number of older people (aged 65 and over) that the council has funded during the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 (projected). This should include both new placements made during each year and ongoing placements funded by the council:

    a. Residential care

    b. Residential dementia care

    c. Nursing care

    d. Nursing dementia care

    e. Domiciliary care/home care

    4. Please provide the highest, average (mean), lowest weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial year 2023/24 and 2024/25:

    a. Older person’s residential

    b. Older person’s residential dementia

    c. Older person’s nursing

    d. Older person’s nursing dementia

    5. Please provide the set or banded weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial year 2023/24 and 2024/25:

    a. Older person’s residential

    b. Older person’s residential dementia

    c. Older person’s nursing

    d. Older person’s nursing dementia

    6. Please provide the proposed average percentage uplift to the weekly rate paid by the council between 2023/24 and 2024/25:

    a. Older person’s residential

    b. Older person’s residential dementia

    c. Older person’s nursing

    d. Older person’s nursing dementia

    Published: 10 February 2025

  6. Maintenance issues/reports in maintained schools in the last 5 calendar years

    Please could I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

    For each of the last 5 calendar years the number of reports your local authority have received of the following maintenance issues in maintained schools:

    a) Leaks and other plumbing issues

    b) Heating issues

    c) Loose paving or masonry

    Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet, with total figures included.

    Published: 10 February 2025

  7. Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024

    I'm writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information.

    Please supply:

    1. The council's Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024.

    2. The council's forecast Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025.

    3. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2025.

    4. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2026.

    Published: 10 February 2025

  8. Hours spent working from home by council and agency staff for 2019 to 2024

    1) I would like to know what share of the hours worked by the council's staff, and also of the agency staff it employs, has consisted of working from home, for each of the last six calendar years, i.e. for each of 2019 to 2024.

    If practicable, I would also like this information broken down by financial quarter for each year.

    2) I would also like to know how many council staff, including agency staff, are currently fully office-based, working partly from home, and working fully from home.

    Published: 10 February 2025

  9. Information on crossings in the last 5 years

    Please can I have a spreadsheet containing the following information for every highway crossing (Pelican, Toucan, Zebra, Pegasus, etc) installed over the past five years, with the following information -

    Date of install

    Type of crossing

    Longitude of crossing

    Latitude of crossing

    Cost of the crossing

    Published: 10 February 2025

  10. NPD Ashperton

    I would ask that is it possible within the freedom of information act for the total of all suspended NDP's be listed and sent to my self as a member of the Ashperton NDP, if this is not possible please could you inform me of the reason or reasons why. Are we to assume that all other NDPs that are at this time suspended where subject to the same lack of inclusion of those clauses and information mention in your E mail

    Published: 10 February 2025